"Cloverstar! Are you okay? What happened?" Jayfeather's worried meow sounded in her ear.
"Yes, I'm - I'm okay." She replied shakily.
"What happened?" He repeated.
"I ended up in the Dark Forest. A voice told me that the battle wasn't over. Jayfeather, the prophecy. What did Bluestar mean?" Cloverstar meowed frantically.
"That wasn't the first time I've heard it. Bramblestar had it too, the most recent being when he chose a deputy, you." He replied steadily. Although he was blind, his eyes looked as though they knew all.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Bluestar told him that the cat who he should choose is the cat who represents greenleaf. He chose you. If you're greenleaf, who do you think are newleaf, leaf-fall and leafbare?" He replied, starting to pad away. "Come, the clan is waiting."
"Cloversplash - no, Cloverstar's back!"
Gingerpaw squealed, and the rest of the apprentices came to great their new leader.
After being greeted many times over, she leapt onto the Highledge for her first clan meeting as leader.
It was time to choose a deputy, but she didn't have to think about who she'd like to be her deputy. She always knew. Ever since she learnt the ways of the clans, she decided that if she were to ever become leader, this is the cat that she would want to lead by her side. Of course, she never thought that she would be deputy.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting!" She called the familiar call to the cats of ThunderClan, who were already returning from their dens to hear their new leader's words.
"I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirits of our warrior ancestors may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of ThunderClan is Sandbreeze!" She yowled. Below her, Sandbreeze looked pleased and shocked.
"I will love to serve you as deputy. And I promise to do all that is in my power to save the clan from the Dark Forest." She meowed.
After the meeting was over, she called her deputy and Willowfrost and Brightcloud into her den.
"I need to tell you something." She meowed as each if her friends sat down. "I know why why came here."
"Like into the den?" Willowfrost asked awkwardly as if her friend had completely lost it. "Ya, we know why. You asked us to."
"No, into the clans. Why we turned into cats." Cloverstar whispered.
"You do?" Sandbreeze asked.
"Yes. There is a prophecy, Cats born into their own season will save the clans from revenge. Find cats that bare the names from leafbare, newleaf, greenleaf and leaf-fall. The cats come by seasons will make sure there are more to come. Jayfeather told me what it meant. I am greenleaf, Sandbreeze, you are leaf-fall , Brightcloud, you are newleaf, and leafbare is you, Willowfrost. Apparently, we are to save the clans from the Revenge Day." She meowed.
"How will we do that?" Brightcloud asked rather seriously.
"Jayfeather says that we will know when it's time, whatever that means." Cloversplash replied.
"Is that all?" Sandbreeze asked.
"Yes, you may return to your dens," Cloverstar chuckled as she ordered her friends around.
"They're coming!"
Breezepaw's warning came sounding through the camp. He and his mentor Ivypool were on guard. Cloverstar had thought that the apprentices should learn patience so she set up with Sandbreeze that it would be their task to watch for invasions.
As Breezepaw sounded the alarm, cats streamed out of their dens to counter the attack. There were much more cats on this attack. Redwillow sprinted a little ways behind Breezepelt himself, who grabbed Molewhisker from the battle and through him down with such force that he had trouble standing back up. Breezepelt left him for Redwillow to finish, while he ran for Sandbreeze. She had told Cloverstar earlier that he had stoped trusting her when she became deputy, so she stopped dreaming altogether. Now, he was attacking her and preparing to kill her. But she had trained with him personally countless times.
Twisting so he missed, she leapt off the wall behind her and landed on his back, took his scruff and shook it vigorously. Seeing as she needed no help, Cloverstar tore her gaze away and looked for Foxleap. He was being pinned down by a massive tom she recalled as Shredtail while Spiderflight scratched and clawed every spot he could reach.
Snarling, Cloverstar rushed to his aid. She knocked Shredtail off, who surprised, went limp. She took advantage of this while she took his throat in her jaws and didn't let go until she heard the snap of bone and tasted his warm blood in her mouth. His body disappeared from the ground, and she looked around for another target. Foxleap had pinned down Spiderflight and was now taking revenge by tearing out every bit of fur before slitting his throat. The fear and menace in his eyes remained as the light left.
Willowfrost was doing fine, taking on two traitors from WindClan with Dewfeather by her side.
Brightcloud was defending the nursery, sending each cat who tried to get him fleeing with their tails between their legs.
Suddenly, a large figure landed on her, and she heard a crunch of bone, and her vision went blank.
When she opened her eyes, she was in StarClan once more.
"Welcome back, Cloverstar." It was Bramblestar.
"Bramblestar! Send me back! We need to win!" She begged.
"You will, once your body has recovered. You just died for StarClan's sake!" He meowed back.
"How long do I have to wait?" She demanded.
"Not too long now." He replied evenly.
"At least tell me something about the prophecy." She meowed, settling down.
"Well, there's not much to tell. Four cats will come - that's you, they each represent a season - that ones more difficult to explain. Now, I would guess that you were all born in different seasons?" He began, and continued as she nodded.
"And you will save the clans, it's your destinies. It's why you came." He finished.
"Can I go back now?" She asked after an uncomfortable silence.
"Yes." He replied, and she was sent back at once.
Opening her eyes, she got back on her feet. It was rather uncomfortable. She felt sore, but it wasn't the most important thing right now. There was a battle going on, and if she did this right, it could be the last of the Revenge Day.
Spotting Breezepelt again, she sprinted until she was within leaping distance, and sprang.
She landed squarely on his shoulders and dug her claws in for balance. Under her, Breezepelt tried to shake her off, but she was too strong. While remaining on his back, she swiped her front claws over his eyes, and heard a squeal, they had hit their target. Eyes filled with blood, Breezepelt stumbled and crashed into the camp wall. Snarling, she leapt once more and wrapped her front paws around his neck, digging her claws into his throat. She heard blood bubble in his throat, but didn't care. As much as she wanted to make his death as slow and painful as possible, she decided to end it quickly so she could help get rid of the other traitors.
She sliced her thorn sharp claws across his neck, and he fell at her paws, then disappeared. Breezepelt was dead.
Other cats soon caught on as they got sight of his blood and death scent. They had no leader, until,
"I declare myself the new leader of the Dark Forest!" Redwillow yowled. "Death to the clans!"
It soon became clear to Cloverstar. They just wanted to kill them, no matter who was their leader. So, the fight continued.
Sandbreeze soon took Redwillow's life, and Hazeltail declared herself the new leader. This would take awhile.
Willowfrost was helping chase a large black tom from the nursery, but Cloversplash couldn't help but to notice that she had a large, thick scratch reaching from her neck to her tail. If it wasn't treated, it could become infected. Cloverstar snatched her thoughts back to the battle. She was no medicine cat, Willowfrost would be fine.
She noticed Bumblestripe had rejoined the fight, in favor of the Dark Forest side of course, and was one of the cats who tried to gain entry to the nursery. He soon got into the nursery in fact, with the help of Hazeltail, and was snatching Graykit from his nest. He squeaked and squealed as Bumblestripe took him in his jaws, and attempted to take his life.
Just the, Brightcloud, who was battling Hazeltail, tore away from her and knocked Bumblestripe away, leaving him to drop the kit. Graykit returned to his siblings who then all ran to the cornor and hid deeper in the nest.
Bumblestripe hissed and leapt for Brightcloud's throat, while Cloverstar raked Hazeltail and pinned her down, and took no mercy on her as she took her life by shredding her. Once her body had disappeared, she looked up to see Bumblestripe pinning Brightcloud down, with his claws pressed into her neck.
"Goodbye, Brightcloud!" He snarled.
"Nooo!" Cloverstar yowled, and knocked the treacherous gray tom off her. Whether the damage was done, she didn't know.